Horse Opera Actors

Danny Bear Claw · August 24, 2010, 07:04:04 AM

While watching the Western Channel recently I noticed Lee Van Cleef shows up in a lot of obscure, relatively unknown western movies. They said on there that Johnny Mack Brown has appeared in over 170 westerns. It got me wondering who is the most prolific western actor? Which actor appeared in the most westerns? Anybody know?

Delmonico · August 24, 2010, 10:00:23 AM

It would be pretty hard to tell, a lot of folks worked as extras and were never credited. Look at a lot of old films and look at the credits, short and simple. Now look at a modern movie and watch the credits, even the assistants to the chef for the caterer get credited as well as the guy who drove the bus that hauled the extras around.

Wolfgang · August 24, 2010, 10:05:12 AM

Lee Van Cleef shows up a lot. In "Davey Crocket and the River Pirates" he has a few seconds on camera before being shot and falling in the Ohio River. Cleef has just a little longer in "How the West Was Won" before getting "done in" by Jimmy Stuart. Unfortunately after he became will known via the Sergione films he was used in a slew of really terrible Spaghetti Westerns. Such a waste since he was so good. I watch them all at least once just to see him. Quite a strain to make it thru some of them. The WORST ever is "God's Gun"

. . . and it could have been a great film with him playing twin brothers. He did his part of it fine. . . the whole film is the pits. . .

He was asked to fix his nose before being cast as a "baddie" in "High Noon" . . . . and it was good he refused to do it . . . his pinched cheek bones and hooked nose / mean nasty guy LOOK was his ticket to being a really great "bad guy" actor.

GunClick Rick · August 24, 2010, 02:49:31 PM

Ben Johnson.He used to double Johnny Weismuler in Tarzan.Getter done Johnny Reb~AAAAA---AAAA---AAAAA-AAAEEEEE~

Delmonico · August 24, 2010, 02:51:48 PM

Quote from: GunClick Rick on August 24, 2010, 02:49:31 PM
Ben Johnson.He used to double Johnny Weismuler in Tarzan.Getter done Johnny Reb~AAAAA---AAAA---AAAAA-AAAEEEEE~

Well Yak Canuct doubled almost everyone else in the 1930's plus acted a lot. And he's one that never got credited often.

GunClick Rick · August 24, 2010, 02:55:05 PM

Scroll down

http://silverscreenoasis.com/oasis3/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=3945&start=375

Delmonico · August 24, 2010, 03:55:18 PM

So he could jump on to a horse in his underwear.

Yak was much better:

Danny Bear Claw · August 30, 2010, 07:10:53 AM

Lee Van Cleef appeared in one episode of The Andy Griffith Show. He played a purse snacther!

Jubal Starbuck · August 30, 2010, 10:29:47 AM

Was that episode entitled "A Pursefull of Dollars"?

Sorry, couldn't help myself!

GunClick Rick · August 30, 2010, 12:42:08 PM

Jubal Jubal Jubal "hic"

Dr. Bob · August 31, 2010, 12:44:15 AM

Jubal,

Just ingnore Ricky. He's just bummed cause you said it first!!

It was real funny!!

GunClick Rick · August 31, 2010, 12:51:37 AM

Where's maw bullet

Danny Bear Claw · August 31, 2010, 07:59:14 AM

Left front shirt pocket.

Dr. Bob · August 31, 2010, 12:08:22 PM

Awwwww Danny, I thought you was my pard!

GunClick Rick · August 31, 2010, 01:28:08 PM

BANG!

dog gone it!

Dr. Bob · August 31, 2010, 02:22:22 PM

Rick,

Sorry, but I am pretty far away! Not coming to PDRC any time soon!!

Deja vous · August 31, 2010, 10:30:20 PM

While I love the old westerns the newer ones are getting to be pretty cool too.. But Missouri
breaks for some reason has held a placed in my heart.. I think it is the crazy actor parts.. lol

Dr. Bob · August 31, 2010, 11:40:27 PM

It's always good when a movie has something that you can identify with!!!

GunClick Rick · September 01, 2010, 01:56:20 PM

How about cannin some of them aprycots

Danny Bear Claw · September 05, 2010, 03:30:08 PM

Dr. Bob.... of course I'm yer Pard, but I figure a guy who carries only one bullet will probably load it and have an accidental discharge into the floor right in front of his own feet.

No danger there... except to hisownself.

Sorry Rick.